Lake Wilson wins trio of Junior Team Tennis openers

Three Lake Wilson Tennis Club USTA Junior Team Tennis age groups have prevailed in their respective Downeast league openers.

Wednesday afternoon, Lake Wilson legged out a 4-1 win at home over Benvenue Country Club to kick off the 14U season.

The 18U team posted a 7-2 win over River Birch Tennis Center of Greenville in its season opener Tuesday, while the 12U edition recorded four wins to snatch a road victory at Kinston Parks and Recreation on Monday. Snyder Pearson, Blake Mastman and Lawson O’Hara all captured singles matches, while Pearson-Mastman won in doubles against Benvenue.

Lake Wilson swept the three doubles matches, with McGuire Metts-Pearson, Cabell Metts-Vincent Phillips and Mastman-Meszaros all winning at the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 flights respectively.

Snyder Pearson led the way in the 12U opener as well, winning a singles match and teaming with Hatten Gore for a victory in doubles. Gore and Collins Pearson collected singles triumphs for Lake Wilson. In a 22-8 win over Greene County Tennis Association on Wednesday that took into account the number of total games won, Gore won 6-0 in his singles match and teamed with Snyder Pearson to prevail in doubles competition. The 12U team moved to 2-0 as Gore played in a third match with Collins Pearson. Gore accounted for 18 total points as he turned in a second 6-2 win.